Entry was known terrain, whatever the new complexities, whereas consigning a crew to lunar orbit was not. Mayer could understand why it seemed tricky to a layman. It was comparable to taking a rifle outside his office in Building 30, he would acknowledge, and aiming it at a basketball in downtown Houston, some twenty-six miles away. Actually, it was even tougher than that, more like aiming at a point that was one-sixteenth of an inch to the side of the basketball. So, yes, Mayer could see why a layman might think it was tricky.
